Seoul snippets

Press, 24 September 1988, Page 28

Seoul snippets

Four wins consolation

PA Seoul The New Zealand coxless four led easily throughout to win the petite (consolation)' final at the Olympic rowing yesterday. The crew — Campbell Clayton-Greene, Geoff Cotter, William Coventry and Neil Gibson — went out in front from the start and were never threatened. They finished in a time of 6min 4.74 s ahead of France (6:8.60) and Holland (6:15.32). Winning the petite final makes the coxless four seventh over all with the main final to be rowed tomorrow.

Gold coins reward

NZPA-Reuter Seoul Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish Hercules who smashed all his world weightlifting records on the way to an Olympic gold, is worth his weight in gold. A team official said a Turkish bank had given the Olympic featherweight champion 3421/2 gold coins to mark his victory — one for each kilogram in his world record total lift. Suleymanoglu, who defected from Bulgaria two years ago, gave Turkey its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years. He is due to fly home today in the Turkish Prime Minister, Turgut Ozal’s, private plane. A hero’s welcome awaits Suleymanoglu as well as a house, a car, and SUSIOOO monthly salary for the next four years, the official said.

Dutch thrash British

NZPA-Reuter Seoul Lisanne Lejeune scored four goals as the Netherlands, the defending Olympic women’s hockey champion, romped to a 5-1 win over Britain in its second group A match yesterday. The win virtually ensures the Dutch a semi-final spot. A goal 90 seconds from time by the substitute, Debbie Bowman, earned Australia, seeded second behind the Dutch, its first victory of the tournament. They beat West Germany 1-0. Lejeune converted the Netherlands’ opening three penalty corners in the first half hour of the game.